• Wobbly and steep

    12 September 2021

    The Shans spent a week on holiday in Cork earlier in the summer, a trip from which these four photos originated.

     

    The first was taken in Cobh, a harbour town that was close to our hotel. It's a...

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  • Vanch March fan club

    11 September 2021

    "When Vancha March met with his end at the ripe old age of 837, killed by a pair of tigers (but only after he'd killed four other tigers in their pack), this world lost its bravest, strongest,...

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  • Olmec Shan

    10 September 2021

    A Shanster who was a recent visitor to the Hunt Museum in Limerick was tickled to spot an essay highlighting the Olmec Man sculpture, which is part of their collection, written by... ME?!?

     

    I...

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  • Shantastic Bookshelves

    09 September 2021

    I'm always surprised by the response when I post pictures of bookshelves. I never would have thought, the first time I did it, that so many people would be as fascinated by other peoples'...

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  • A true Literary Connoisseur

    08 September 2021

    I released Archibald Lox and the Rubicon Dictate, the latest book in my Archibald Lox series, at the start of this month -- book 6 of 9, it draws the second volume story arc to its conclusion, with...

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  • Mrs Shan’s vaccine decorations

    07 September 2021

    I wouldn't normally allow anyone to come onto my blog to promote their wares, but when that seller is a certain Mrs Shan, I didn't have much choice, did I?!? :-) Here's what she has to say about...

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